29 demos (coloured)

Margo Guryan's honeyed voice and gorgeously sweet songwriting has become a favorite of the soft-pop set. As a successful songwriter, her compositions have been recorded by the likes of Jackie DeShannon, Spanky & Our Gang, Astrid Gilberto, Claudine Longet, Oliver, Cass Elliot, Glen Campbell, Saint Etienne and Harry Belafonte. Her only solo album, the magnificent Take A Picture (featuring the hit “Sunday Morning"), has become a cult classic since its release in 1968, and no wonder: its combination of marvelously funky sunshine arrangements and Margo's delicious melodies are a heady combo. She’s influenced everyone from the Wondermints to Belle and Sebastian to Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (who listened to Take A Picture while writing Juno).

In 2001, Margo released 25 Demos, a collection of fully-fleshed out demos from her personal collection. Most people's demos are mere sketches -- Margo's are little baroque masterpieces, featuring string arrangements, circus organ, chamber-pop rhythm sections and tons of glorious echo. Now, Modern Harmonic presents the biggest collection yet, 29 Demos, all lovingly wrapped in a gorgeous gatefold jacket loaded with liner notes. Finally, an album worthy to follow Take A Picture— two LP’s worth of magnificent soft-pop.

Track listing:

• What Can I Give You
• Something's Wrong With The Morning
• I Love
• Sunday Morning
• Can You Tell
• Think Of Rain
• Sun
• Most Of My Life
• The 8:17 Northbound Success Merry-Go-Round
• Love Songs
• Thoughts
• I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You
• Come To Me Slowly
• Timothy Gone
• It's Alright Now
• Why Do I Cry
• Under My Umbrella
• Values
• I Think A Lot About You